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The Data and AI Agenda: Key Conferences in December 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, December offers more than just holiday festivities—it’s packed with pivotal events that highlight the advancements shaping technology, business, and innovation. While AWS re:Invent takes cen Read more…

Monte Carlo Brings GenAI to Data Observability

Monte Carlo has made a name for itself in the field of data observability, where it uses machine learning and other statistical methods to identify quality and reliability issues hiding in big data. With this week’s up Read more…

Snowflake Dips Into Agentic AI with Snowflake Intelligence

Snowflake made a blizzard of announcements today at its Build 2024 user conference, including a new generative AI-powered capability in Snowflake Cortex AI, dubbed Snowflake Intelligence, that allows customers to build a Read more…

Kloudfuse Revs Its Observability Data Lake

Organizations who are looking for a better way to manage and analyze their observability data may be interested in the latest update from Kloudfuse, which added several new data types and analytic/AI capabilities to its Read more…

Polars Gets GPU Support as Cloud Version Nears Launch

A new speedy DataFrame library called Polars is starting to turn heads in the data science community thanks to its performance and adoption rate. The open source project, which provides a multithreaded, vectorized query Read more…

News In Brief

AI Agent Claims 80% Reduction in Time to Complete Data Tasks

A new AI agent developed by West Monroe can reduce the time it takes to complete manual data tasks, such as conversion and migration, by up to 80%, the company claims. Intellio Hopper, as the tool is called, is a gene Read more…

Kurrent Cloud Breaks Barriers with Public Internet Access for Event-Native Data Platform

Building and scaling an event-driven application, such as a real-time recommendation engine or a financial trading system, is often a complex and costly process. The need for private networking infrastructure, integratio Read more…

Future of AI and Open Source in Data Science: Insights from Anaconda’s Latest Report

AI and open source have emerged as essential tools for businesses seeking to enhance efficiency and drive innovation. But, how do two transformative forces intersect and impact the data science community? They surely off Read more…

Trump Rescinds Biden’s AI Order, Announces $500B Investment in AI Infrastructure

President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders during his first day in office, including one that rescinded his predecessor’s order addressing AI risk. The new president indicated he viewed the old order as Read more…

Onehouse Manages Lakehouse Workloads Across Clouds, Query Engines, and Table Formats

Organizations investing in data lakehouses in 2025 may want to check out a new offering unveiled by Onehouse this week. The company founded by the creator of the Apache Hudi table format launched Onehouse Compute Runtime Read more…

This Just In

OpenAI Commits $50M to AI Research and Education Through NextGenAI Initiative

Mar 4, 2025 |

March 4, 2025 — OpenAI today announced the launch of NextGenAI, a first-of-its-kind consortium, with 15 leading research institutions dedicated to using AI to accelerate research breakthroughs and transform education. Read more…

Alation Introduces Agentic Platform to Automate Data Management and Governance

Mar 4, 2025 |

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 4, 2025 — Alation Inc. has announced the launch of its Agentic Platform. This reinvention of the data catalog for the AI era introduces the use of agents to automate and guide data discovery, governance, and compliance management. Read more…

Dremio: New Survey Reveals 86% of Organizations Are Prioritizing Data Unification for AI Readiness

Mar 3, 2025 |

ORLANDO, Fla., March 3, 2025 — A new industry survey from Dremio finds a growing urgency for data unification, AI-ready data architectures, and governance enhancements as organizations try to keep pace with evolving demands and prepare data for AI. Read more…

Immuta Launches AI-Powered Copilot for Automated Data Policy Creation

Mar 3, 2025 |

BOSTON, March 3, 2025 — Immuta today announced Immuta AI, a new foundational layer within the Immuta Platform, designed to infuse AI across the platform to enhance data governance at scale – including seamless integration with Immuta’s Data Marketplace to further streamline access to governed data. Read more…

Alation Announces Agentic Data Quality Solution to Close Data Trust Gap

Mar 3, 2025 |

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 3, 2025 — Alation Inc. today introduced Alation Data Quality (DQ), an AI-native solution that restores trust in data by identifying and proactively monitoring critical data assets, and automatically applying relevant quality rules. Read more…

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